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Chuck Ross

Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.

NBC Producer Arrested for Allegedly Posting Secret Sex Tapes to Porn Site

A secret Valentine’s Day sex tape was posted to a popular porn site by an NBC News online producer, law enforcement sources said, reports the New York Post in an exclusive story. The video was posted on Xtube, according to…

Keith Olbermann Takes No Prisoners in This Must-See ESPN Video Commentary About the Ray Rice Situation

Apple Unveils the iPhone 6 in Two Sizes, and the Apple Watch. Here are the Details

Here are highlights from USA Today’s live coverage of today’s Apple product introductions: “The iPhone 6 will have a 4.7-inch screen, while the [iPhone 6] Plus has a 5.5-inch screen. For perspective, both phones are slightly smaller than Samsung’s Galaxy…

‘Fox & Friends’ Under Fire for Outrageous Joke Made About Ray Rice Punching His Fiancee in an Elevator

Updated at 10:30 a.m. PT on Sept. 9, 2014, to include Brian Kilmeade’s comments from today’s show. Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” was “lambasted on Twitter” after a co-host of the show joked Monday about the lesson to be learned…

‘Jeopardy!,’ About to Begin Its 31st Season in Syndication, Adds Major Rerun Distribution Strategy. New York, L.A. and Philly Part of New Plan

“Jeopardy!,” one of the most popular programs in the history of television, has been an early evening staple in a number of markets for decades. In at least 61 markets, viewers now will get “a double dose of game play…

The Puzzling Question Today: Why Didn’t the NFL — or the Baltimore Ravens — See the Ray Rice Video That Was Taken Inside the Elevator Before Monday?

In a shocking revelation, TMZ Sports reports today: “The NFL NEVER contacted the casino to request video of Ray Rice brutalizing his fiancee … TMZ Sports has learned. Commissioner Roger Goodell made his disciplinary decision in the dark, which raises the question … Is that the…

List of the 61 Markets (so far) That Will Air Reruns of ‘Jeopardy!’ Under the Auspices of the New ‘Daytime Jeopardy!’ Plan

  NEW YORK WABC-TV M-F  2:30P LOS ANGL KABC-TV M-F  3:30P PHILADEL WPVI-TV M-F  2:30P DALLAS KTVT-DT DALLAS KTXA-DT M-F  5:30P SAN FRAN KGO-TV M-F  2:30P ATLANTA WATL M-F  6:30P HOUSTON KHOU M-F  1:05A DETROIT WDIV-TV T,R 12:30P PHOENIX KPHO-TV…

What Went On at Joan Rivers’ Raucous, Star-Studded Funeral. What Howard Stern Said

“Joan Rivers’ directions for her own funeral service were printed in the program the ushers handed out on Sunday [Sept. 7, 2014] at Temple Emanu-El on the Upper East Side of Manhattan,” reports The New York Times. The story reports:…

20th Century Fox TV Promotes Communications Exec

20th Century Fox Television has promoted its “long-serving corporate communications and publicity chief,” writes our good friend Cynthia Littleton at Variety. She adds that Alexander “is one of the industry’s most respected PR mavens. He’s known for handling the round-the-clock…

A Tribute to Joan Rivers, Who Proved That the Human Spirit Is Indomitable, and That Life Is Funny as Hell

Please click here to read this fun, lively and insightful essay by TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross.